of gang members such as gang leaders, fringe members, regular, and even wanna bees. They may be regarded as an inner clique that determines the basic nature or level of gang activities. Young gang members may even switch from one gang to another for different reasons. For the most part the core members are more involved in criminal activities than a fringe member. The socialization of gangs varies by age and situations which includes access to different roles. Most of the teenagers join gangs to
solitary confinement by prisoners are the hole, the hotbox, and the SHU which is another way of saying special housing unit. They are used sometimes to place prisoners who are being investigated, behavior modification, gang involvement, protection, and to fill empty beds. During the 1970s prisons and jails increased their reliance on isolation units in order to add an increased form of punishment through behavior modification. Prisoners are confined all day and have zero access to other human beings. In